STAND. COM. REP. NO.  285

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1632

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1632 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CEMETERIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Act is to provide funding for the acquisition of land to expand the burial space for the veteran's cemetery in Makawao, Maui.

     The Office of Veteran Services, the Oahu Veterans Council, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  One individual offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Blanking out the appropriation amount; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity,      consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1632, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1632, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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HENRY J. C. AQUINO, Chair